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Show Page 4 The Thunderbird ai Monday May v 51 28, 1986 Opinion short end Students get of financial stick again Its always a touchy topic: how to spend the taxpayers and their elected representatives have been Utahns money. with the problem for many years now and as weve grappling stated on this page repeatedly have often fallen short of sanity when it comes to funding for our future through the education of our youth. But, as if the Utah State Legislatures inability to see the big picture were not enough, were now going to be hit from another side. Budget cutting on the federal level is rearing its ugly head and, as is often the case those who can least afford such measures are the pitiable victims. Financial aid to students an investment in the future of our world and the quality of its life is not a frill. It is not squander. It is a necessary and absolutely wise expense and, once again, investment. It is estimated that some 35 people will be missing from the d ranks of students here next year as a result of cuts. Grants and loans will not be available to these people. They will cease to be students and enter the workforce if they can. But they will do so without the benefits that higher education affords: an increased awareness of the world around them and how to better function in it. Thirty-fiv- e people, when placed statistically against the body of 2,500, is a fraction that seems to border on insignificance. One percent is dismissed by many except that percentage of people and the people around them, including existing family and family to come perhaps for generations. That one percent is not insignificant. The rights of the minority must be preserved. What started out as a catchy slogan for the United Negro College Fund has become almost a cliche vith universal application: A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Waste, we submit, s something to be eliminated through the Gramm-RudmaHollings! amendment. It should not be it. generated by While we commiserate with those who must perform the arduous task of weeding out waste in government spending to reach the goal of a balanced budget, we wholeheartedly proclaim that the education of a nation is indispensable and that penalization and exclusion of the poor is regressive and should never be considered in a land built on the principle of equality. This is what we have been taught through this selfsame educational system; this is what we must demand. federally-mandate- and-a-ha- and-a-ha- ' lf lf n UffEJ Ok Omndcrbird THfc STUlifcSTNfcVls AD VlfcWs Oh MH THfKN l TAH ""A"! I OLl fct I VOLUME 80, NUMBER 28 Editor Tyler Jensen Copy Editor Rebecca Southern Photo Editor Derek Miller Sports Editor Ken Cox Entertainment Editor Paige White Assistant to the Editors Annette Grooms Senior Staff Writer Kris Johnson Production Manager Kelli Fov Advertising Designer Gavin McNeil Advertising Representatives Kellie Jensen Eugene Brow n Faculty Adviser Larry Baker The Thunderbird i published each Monday of the academic year by and for the student body of Southern Utah State College and is not affiliated in any manner whatsoever uith the Colleges department of communication. The views and opinions expressed in The ThimJerhird are the opinions of the publications individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the institution, faculty, staff or student body in general. The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity. Letters to the editor must be typed and include the name, student number (if from a student) and phone number. Onlv the name will be printed. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances and the editor reserves the right to edit letters for length and to preclude libel. Letters must be submitted by noon Friday for inclusion in the following weeks edition. The Thunderbird editorial and adcertising offices at 529 West 200 South, Cedar City, UT 81720 Mail at SUSC Box 9)84, Cedar City, UT 84720 (801) 7758. A sure way to get your name in the paper BY JULIE SACOS 'Access is a recurring column in which members of the campus community express themselves on topics of interest and or concern. Julie Sacos is a fifth-yea- r senior majoring, this quarter, in communication. (Wait, she says, its art.) Well, here we are You see I was talking to a friend need to start doing something to get a little reeognit on going on here. It seems like all my friends have established themselves here on campus. I know a lot of people but thats just because Ive been around. For those of you with a smirk on your face, youre wrong thats not what I mean. Its just that Ive been going to SUSC forever, and majored in, oh, just about everything, so people recognize my face. Big deal jujt another cute face in the crowd. I want my name in print. So this friend of mine says, over raised eyebrows, Hey, why dont you write this weeks Access, cuz Im supposed to, but Im real busy, ya see. Now theres an idea, I thought to myself. Ill write an Access and get my name in the paper and do a favor for my poor overworked friend. Procrastinators cough. ..choking. ..then hit me. Im commited now, though, so I guess Ill just take the mike and toss about a few thoughts, and I do mean toss. Have you checked out the statue in front of the Centrum? Its beautiful. Have you heard the story of about how 1 the horse? I guess it was a wicked winter, and this horse, Old Sorrel, cleared a path through 15 to 20 foot snowdrifts thus enabling the pioneers to get home to Cedar City. Sure was nice of them to recognize the poor old horse they floored. If the weather was that bad they should have just put off construction til spring and held classes at President Sherratts house. Just kidding. Id love to see some more statues and various other works of art around campus. Maybe a bust of the president over by the Business Building. Yeah. In fact, how about if we just lined all the walkways with busts of various SUSC dignitaries, past and present. It would be like the first outdoor museum in southern Utah. Over the deep end again, sorry. Well, lets go on to something else. Is the campus getting green, or what! Well, I guess everything, is or at least trying to, but the campus is real green. The ivy vines on Old Main and Old Administration are coming to life, the grounds staff just planted a bunch of new flowers and even though I griped about the smell of B.S. back in February when the lawns were fertilized, and it forgot to snow to coverup the smell, by George it paid off. The campus looks great and I love it. I can hang out on these grounds forever and the way things are going with my scholastic endeavors, I just might. So, afier tossing these topics about, you may not see my name in print again, but watch for my face next to President Sherratts over by the Business Building. Coming. Next winter. |
